JAXPORT is Florida’s largest container port by volume and one of the nation’s top ports for vehicle handling and breakbulk. The port owns, maintains, and markets three cargo terminals, two intermodal rail terminals, and one passenger cruise terminal along the St. Johns River. As one of the nation’s most diversified ports, JAXPORT has experienced labor for a variety of specialty cargos, including fresh and frozen, forest products, high and heavy, U.S. military, and project cargo.

Dozens of ocean carriers call JAXPORT, offering shippers competitive transit times to 140 ports in more than 70 countries. JAXPORT offers ocean carrier services to all major world regions, including direct container service connecting Jacksonville with Asia, Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and Central America. The world’s leading ocean carrier alliances call JAXPORT, with regular services to destinations throughout Asia through both the Panama and Suez canals.

The port offers a 47 ft deepwater shipping channel through the Blount Island Marine Terminal and a new turning basin, which allows larger ships to turn at Blount Island berths. $100 million in recently completed berth enhancements enable the terminal to simultaneously accommodate two post-Panamax ships. More than $72 million in phased yard improvements were completed in 2025 to modernize and expand Blount Island’s container-handling capacity. Additionally, $63 million in upgrades to vehicle berths at Blount Island will further enhance autohandling efficiencies.

JAXPORT’s terminals are located within minutes of three major Interstate highways–I-10, I-75, and I-95–providing access to more than 98 million consumers within one day’s drive. JAXPORT is served by more than 100 trucking firms and 40 daily trains via Class I railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, and regional Florida East Coast Railway.

The region is a global leader in the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a clean marine fuel. JAXPORT is home to four LNG-powered ships and two LNG-fueling barges and is the only U.S. East Coast port to offer ondock and near-dock LNG fueling capabilities for ships. A convenient, centrally located drive-to cruise market, Jacksonville is home to the 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation, offering four- and five-day cruises to the Bahamas. Beginning in fall 2025, the 2,394-guest capacity Norwegian Gem will homeport in Jacksonville from November to April, offering seasonal cruises to The Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean.

JAXPORT is Northeast Florida’s economic engine, with cargo and cruise activity supporting more than 138,000 jobs in Florida and $33 billion in annual economic impact.

Goals & Objectives

  • Strategically grow annual throughput, revenue, and jobs.
  • Deploy technology to bring more efficiency to port operations.
  • Operate with reliable, well-understood landlord practices.
  • Further develop our team’s capabilities.

Current or Planned Investments

  • SSA MARINE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION AT BLOUNT ISLAND
    A $72 million project to expand and modernize the terminal, scheduled for completion in 2025. Once finished, the facility will be able to accommodate more than 600,000 TEUs annually, a 150% increase over its current throughput.
  • SOUTHEAST TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS TERMINAL RELOCATION AND NEW FACILITY AT BLOUNT ISLAND
    A new 250,000-square-foot state-of-the-art auto processing facility is planned for completion in 2025. This $120 million project includes additional on-site rail connections and truck loading areas.
  • REDEVELOPMENT OF 79 ACRES
    U.S. terminal operator Enstructure will begin operating the Talleyrand property Southeast Toyota is vacating when it relocates to Blount Island. The property will be a mixed-use facility with the flexibility to handle multiple cargo types, including breakbulk, dry bulk, vehicles, and containers.

Accomplishments

  • Securing full funding for the 47-foot harbor deepening project and keeping the deepening ahead of schedule with a completion of summer 2022.
  • Set a new container volume record and kept cargo moving seamlessly throughout the pandemic and the global supply chain crisis that followed.
  • Grew private sector port-dependent jobs 8 percent over the previous 5-year period.

Hinterland

JAXPORT’s hinterland is primarily defined as the U.S. Southeast and Midwest. Jacksonville’s geographic location allows JAXPORT inbound cargo to reach 60 million consumers and 60 percent of the U.S. population within a one-day truck drive. The port is served by three dozen train departures daily. JAXPORT’s reach extends to all 48 contiguous states, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s study of destinations for imported goods.

Trade Partners

Mission

To contribute to the economic growth and vitality of Northeast Florida by fostering and stimulating commerce through the Port of Jacksonville. The mission will be accomplished through the effective and fiscally responsible planning, development, management and marketing of the port’s assets and facilities.